New York's Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not required to hold public hearings on the safety of feeding antibiotics at subtherapeutic levels to food animals, a decision that advocates called a blow to public health, Food Safety News (FSN) reported today.
A 67-year-old Iranian woman died of MERS on Jun 25, , the WHO said, marking the country's second fatal case.
The findings raise the possibility of airborne spread, but an expert called them preliminary.
Researchers who analyzed the genome of a new coronavirus (CoV) from a South African bat sample demonstrated that it may be the ancestor of MERS-CoV, that a host switch from bats to camels may have taken place in Africa, and that camels are likely infecting humans rather than vice versa, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Virology.
The WHO filled in details on 7 recently reported cases in Saudi Arabia and 2 in the UAE.
UAE's 2 new cases are the first reported there since mid-June.
The CDC has updated its guidance on air medical transport of MERS patients as new cases continue.
Saudi Arabia reported a new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case today, in a 55-year-old Saudi national from the city of Wadi Aldwasir, located in the south central part of the country, according to a statement today from the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The woman isn't a healthcare worker and has symptoms, the MOH said. She has an underlying illness and is hospitalized in an intensive care unit.
Iran has a fourth MERS case, in a health worker, and Saudi Arabia reports another death.
A 67-study meta-analysis found that vaccines recommended for US kids were safe and that serious side effects were rare, according to a Rand Corp. report today in Pediatrics.
